“Picture 11 miles of smoothly paved bike path meandering through the countryside. Largely uninterrupted by roads or intersections, it passes fields, backyards, chirping birds, a lake, some ducks and, at every mile, an air pump…”— The New York Times

Here’s the news and other cool stuff that caught our eyes this past week…

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TacomaJuly 23, 2012 at 9:07 am

IRT the Boise, ID article, which is the part that we thought “would never happen” – that after running the red light, the man riding a bicycle struck a car or that he received a ticket for running the red light?

Clif awarded its employees with a decent quality, practical, serviceable bike, a Public V3 with a special paint job and some other features. Much better bike than the BSO-‘bike shaped object’ employees of the Danish furniture retailer were awarded with a couple years ago.

I enjoyed the Puerto Rico video. I had a couple of business trips there and didn’t see many bikes on the streets. My friends there are around Aguidilla, well away from the San Juan urban area shown. Some of them are regular bicycle commuters and many ride the trails around Rincon. There are some avid riding groups and it’s good to see a push to add some accommodations and educate other roadway users. I’ll share this with my friends and see if they have comments.

At 100lbs, it’s not particularly light, but electric assist can make that extra weight manageable. Styling looks good. Shelter from the rain is good. If the front window isn’t either removable or able to be tilted open, even with open doors, it seems as though the front of the interior would be like a greenhouse. No dimensions offered, but the pics have it looking a little wide to be riding on bike trails, as the copy suggests it’s slim enough for.

A yellow-red light signaled, mid-block grade crossing at Hall Blvd is destined to raise awareness of the park’s presence and the number of people visiting it, on people traveling the road by motor vehicle. Many of them may be traveling the road without even being aware they’re crossing over a park of substantial size.

I wonder what the length of time from when the walk button is pushed until it turns red, will be, and how many seconds will park visitors be allowed to cross; also, whether it will be a countdown-audio-tactile buzz type signal.